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Monday, March 12, 2012

Land of Tako Yaki - Osaka

Alright... I admit, for the past few months days I have been neglecting my blog. Reasons: (i) Malas (ii) Busy with work (iii) Undisclosed reason. So, to ease my guilt, I'm going to do a straight-to-the-point write-up on my Japan trip. 

(1) Of course, as usual must start off with a cam-whore picture of myself in the airport. The "freshness" of my look is "faked". Half and hour before landing, I applied make-up. Hehe .. I am vain I know. But hey ~ it's Japan we are talking about! Everyone looks prim and proper ok. 



(2) Yes, you didn't read it wrong. It is called Kansai Airport. Sound vulgar in Hokkien I know. :p



(3) Just to prove a point that it was freezing cold in Japan. Brrr~



(4) Went to the Observatory Deck aka Floating Garden on our own to have a panoramic view of Osaka. 



(5) It was beautiful!



(6) Up on the deck, there is an area for couples to hang their locks. You can buy the locks at the lobby area, if I am not mistaken it cost RM80. And they will engrave it for you. For good luck I guess.



 (7) This is a must-go place. All tour agency will bring you to this place - The Osaka Castle. Small and erm .. nothing fantastic if you ask me. Bear looks like an oversize "warrior". hehehe ~



(8) In Japan, everyone is on-to-go. Everyone seems to be rushing for time. Even no time for lunch hour, evident from the shop that we saw in the subway where people stand and eat. How uncomfortable!



(9) A funny sign we saw.



(10) When visiting a foreign country, I strongly recommend to try their local street food. Really interesting. This is some doriyaki-equivalent thingy. Pretty decent. Taste like kaya-balls. For RM4.



(11) The view during dusk in downtown Osaka is pretty amazing. :)



(12) In my opinion, you have not visited Osaka if you don't go to Doutonbori Street. It is where all the food, shopping, and happening are. We are quite blessed as our hotel is only walking distance to the street.



(13) And in Osaka is where Tako Yaki originated from. So yums ~ We have 3 times when we were there for that 2 days. RM20 each. Not exactly cheap I know. 



(14) Oh So Good. Especially eating it piping hot in the cold!



(15) On our free and easy day, we also went on our own to the Osaka Aquarium.



(16) And the star of the show is the Whale Shark. I think the fella is still in its teens cos it's not that big yet. The ticket for this is not cheap. If I am not mistaken it is RM300 for both me and Bear. Covers the entrance fee (unlimited access) and a full day-pass on the subway.



And that... concludes my Osaka posts. What did i tell you about being straight-to-the-point? :p

Love;
Mrs Lee

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